2. Union
Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan will inaugurate the 5th
foundation day function of the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance
Council (BIRAC) in New Delhi.
3. E-commerce firm Snapdeal
announced the appointment of Jason Kothari as the Chief Executive Officer
of its digital payment platform FreeCharge.
4. March 21 is the United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Forests, which promotes the importance of
forests and trees in our lives.
5. New-Delhi headquartered
The Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) will be merged with the country's largest
lender State Bank of India (SBI).
6. India is home to world’s fourth highest number of billionaires
with Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani (33rd position globally) leading
the club of more than 100 super rich Indians.
7. ICICI Bank, India’s
largest private sector bank by consolidated assets has announced the launch of
a mobile banking app 'Mera iMobile' for rural customers.
8. A Canadian school teacher Maggie
MacDonnell was awarded the annual Global Teacher Prize and won a $1-million prize during a ceremony in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
9. Tamil Nadu has won
the domestic 50-over competition, the Vijay
Hazare Trophy, for the fifth time.
10. Cheteshwar Pujara
has become the first Indian to face
500-plus balls in an innings, going past the mark against Australia.
11. The Assam state cabinet has
decided to implement the recommendation of the Seventh Pay Commission.
12. The North Korean
military has tested a new high-performance rocket engine, giving new birth
to isolated country’s rocket industry.
13. The world sparrow day
(WSD) is observed every year on
March 20 to raise awareness of the house sparrow and other common birds to
urban environments and threats to their populations.
14. Former IAS officer and Rajya
Sabha member and Pyarimohan
Mohapatra passed away in Mumbai after a prolonged illness. He was 77.
15. The government is all set to come up with the country’s first-of-its-kind dictionary which aims
to bring uniformity in sign languages used by hearing and speech impaired
people.
16. National record holder
K T Irfan won bronze medal in the 20
kilometre men’s event in the Asian Race Walk Championships held in Nomi, Japan.
17. The World Poetry Day was celebrated
on 21 March 2017 across the globe.
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